Saint-Éloi, Quebec
Saint-Éloi is a parish municipality in the region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada. Its population was 310 in the Canada 2021 Census.
History
On March 9, 1848, the parish of Saint-Éloi was canonically erected by separating an area from the parishes of Saint-Jean-Baptiste de L'Isle-Verte and Notre-Dame-des-Neiges de Trois-Pistoles. It was erected civilly on the following June 13. Parish registers were also opened in 1848. The first parish priest was Thomas Aubert from Gaspé. Previously, the parish had been served by the parish priests of Trois-Pistoles and L'Isle-Verte. The first chapel was built in 1849 and in 1853, the post office was opened under the name of Saint-Éloi.The municipality of Saint-Éloi was officially created on July 1, 1855. The municipality lost an important part of its territory in 1883 when Saint-Cyprien was separated from Saint-Éloi. On September 14, 1924, the first cornerstone of the current church was blessed. On 15 September 1926, the first mass was celebrated in the current church.